Senior Rotational Pharmacist

NHS; Harrow; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Rotational Pharmacist to join a dynamic team in Harrow, UK. This role includes rotations across various pharmacy services and aims to equip pharmacists with leadership skills. Candidates must have an MPharm degree and relevant experience. This full-time position offers a competitive salary ranging from £53,751 to £60,651 annually, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Good, broad clinical knowledge and ability to apply to a ward and dispensary setting.
• Experience of providing training, mentorship and supervising staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and professional support in various pharmacy services.
• Assist the day-to-day operation of the section of the department.

Skills

Clinical knowledge

Training and mentorship

Staff management

Responsibility

Education

Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)

Certificate in Pharmacy Practice or Equivalent Experience

Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice or equivalent

Job description

Senior Rotational Pharmacist

The closing date is 07 October 2025

Would you like to join an innovative department and participate in an interesting senior rotational post? If you want to broaden your experience of hospital Pharmacy, whilst contributing towards the work of a busy department, then this is the job for you. We are a department that believe in equipping our Band 7 Pharmacists with skills to carry out senior roles to aid their career progression. Rotations have been developed to ensure leadership roles are key with a high emphasis on delivering teaching and training to a wide range of healthcare professionals as well as managing teams. You will be able to develop senior roles and responsibilities and we encourage individuals to take on any new responsibilities to meet their development needs.

The Trust is incorporating Independent Prescribing training into the Senior Pharmacist rota from April 2023.

Main duties of the job

Working in partnership with our senior pharmacist team, the post holder will have the opportunity to spend a rotation in each of the main pharmacy services, depending on the site the post holder is working on. Rotations include:

• Specialist Gastroenterology
• Medicines Information
• Infectious Diseases
• Respiratory Medicine
• Cardiology
• Endocrine & Rheumatology
• Cancer services
• Elderly care & rehabilitation
• Acute Medicine
• Patient Services
• Medication Safety
• Surgery & ITU
• HIV & Antimicrobials

The post holder provides clinical and professional support and assists the day-to day operation of the section of the department they are rotating through, as well as a clinical service to the wards, both on- and off-site. The post holder provides and supports Trainee and Junior Pharmacist training.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country\'s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark\'s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)
• Certificate in Pharmacy Practice or Equivalent Experience
• Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice or equivalent

Experience

• Good, broad clinical knowledge and ability to apply to a ward and dispensary setting
• Some experience of providing training, mentorship and supervising staff
• Willing to take responsibility
• Staff Management

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

London Northwest University Hospital Trust - Northwick Park hospital, Ealing Hospital and Central Middlesex Hospital

£53,751 to £60,651 a yearPA Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

337-NP-9067LD

Job locations

London Northwest University Hospital Trust - Northwick Park hospital, Ealing Hospital and Central Middlesex Hospital